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kricketts Battle Creek, MI May 13, 2020

Found this in the garden. Wife said it spit a foot. Anyone recognize it?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 13, 2020

It is a male luna moth that just recently has emerged from its cocoon. The 'spit' is actually a fluid called the meconium, composed of the breakdown waste products of the old larval tissues.

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kricketts Battle Creek, MI May 13, 2020

Thank You

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